As Time Goes By

Tense and Universal Grammar

Bibliographic Data

ID5836071
AuthorsNorbert Hornstein (corresponding author)
Year1990
Pages256
Publication date1990-08-29
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byAs Time Goes by: Tense and Universal Grammar, Östen Dahl, 1992
VenueAs Time Goes By (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7551/mitpress/1449.001.0001
OpenAlexW4249701634
Open LibraryOL10238205M
ISBN9780262275712
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDsIqcwHjIypgC
LanguageEN
Citations received84

How do humans acquire, at a very early age and from fragmentary and haphazard data, the complex patterns of their native language? This is the logical problem of language acquisition, and it is the question that directs the search for an innate universal grammar. As Time Goes By extends the search by proposing a theory of natural-language tense that will be responsive to the problem of language acquisition. The clearly written discussion proceeds step-by-step from simple observations and principles to far-reaching conclusions involving complex data carefully selected and persuasively presented. Throughout, Hornstein focuses on the logical problem of language acquisition, highlighting the importance of explanatory adequacy and the role of syntactic representations in determining intricate properties of semantic interpretation. Bradford Books imprint

Cognition & cognitive psychology · Cognitive Psychology · Comparative and general Grammar · Grammar · Grammar, Comparative and gener · Grammar, Comparative and general · Grammar, comparative and general, syntax · Language acquisition · Language Arts · Linguistics · Literacy · Philosophy of language · Psychology · Psychology & Psychiatry · Tense

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